How To Get Killer Drum Sounds! Compression & EQ Secrets

[@Joormode]

Would love to see much more mixing videos on this channel, like you did on your main 5-6 years ago.

[@katielowen]

100% agreed; those are my fav of Rick's videos!

[@sarcophage]

Yes!!

[@GTORT]

His channel was a true hidden gem back then.

[@MichaelForbes-d4p]

Now he just says rediculous things to drive engagement.

[@hanbo123]

Rick's expression 6:07 , when the engineer is explaining the rack equipment. You better not mess up! 😎

[@lucasmedia1]

Exactly what I was thinking lool, Ricks eyes look like they're holding a gun to GL'S head haha

[@gerardporqueres6989]

I was thinking the same! When you say midrange what do you mean exactly? 👀 490 and 470Hz 😰

[@adrianosullivan7548]

Solid death glare for that poor fella's whole contribution

[@cwdrummercwc4128]

Hahaha!!!! Glad I wasn’t the only one who thought that 😂

[@compucorder64]

Yes, seemed like bad vibes from Rick. Don't think I'd want to be his engineer, to be honest.

[@apexperfection619]

Rick please make more content like this. This is my favourite type of content from your channel. I know it may be a bit niche but this is killer. Keep up the great content

[@andretonelli]

What a stunningly useful video, Rick! Whenever GL was falling into the common “a little bit of this and that, let’s move on” thing, the fact that you stopped to go deeper is where the gold really lies. Great job to both of course. And Greg!

[@three3fitty573]

Rick was giving a death stare😂

[@wootube]

We’re seeing Rick the taskmaster, but god damn, it made this a 100% more useful video than if he let GL just yadda yadda over the details!!

[@ArtGuitarLTX]

@@three3fitty573 Giving him the eagle eyes the whole time during the preamp part 😅

[@thetransonicford]

I agree with many others, it‘s great to see you getting back into the control room. More videos on production techniques, recording and mixing would be appreciated.

[@danjwalker]

Thank you for wrangling your friend in by making him explain the WHY! Great video as usual.

[@gtoger]

Thanks from a weekend warrior who employs a lot of the same techniques displayed here but can't always tell you WHY. It just seems to sound good. Love the educational stuff which helps me learn, reinforce or in some cases reconsider!

[@leaharrington4472]

The sound of the drums in the room IS the sound of the drums. Love this so much.

[@JoshuaStormmusic]

Thanks a bunch Rick & GL. This is a gold mine of a drum mixing tutorial. Crisp, clean and straight to the point. Thanks again.

[@jayaraise]

More of this please. Just taking the time to explain the little details and show behind the curtain is so appreciated. Well done - thank ya much!

[@andrewpreciado7142]

Please Rick, please please please make more videos like this!

[@MoreMeRecording]

Cool! Looking forward to more recording tutorials from Rick. I've been recording for several years but always have LOTS to learn!

[@JotaJohn]

AWESOME RICK!!!!!!! Please do more mixing videos

[@STORMMusic-co7jl]

8:22 sounds like Omar Hakeem's drum line from the drum solo opening on Snakes live with David Sanborn. Love it!

[@DelmaRaySmithJr]

The interaction of each individual involved colors the sound and the songs in a never ending churn, Rick is the personification of Art, as he demonstrates here without demonstration.

[@Ponchy]

Looove to see the production videos back again!

[@austinhealey5158]

Hey Rick Yes more recording videos please

[@veilleux931]

Just started at an audio school, learning how to record, mix, and everything else. This video was fascinating. Thank you Rick.

[@markusn840]

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[@OffWorldBenji]

Thanks so much Rick! The timing of this video was perfect. I have been tuning my drum room and setting up to record my 73 Pearl Dynabeat that I reconditioned (Fibreglass +concert toms). This video reassured me that the things that were bothering me in my small room were still present in your studio. I am in my 40's and I learned audio while working for my old man's jazz band in the 90's. I Started on an Atari St and it still amazes me till this day what we can do in the box with tried and true recording techniques. Big respect for all you do mate, cheers from Melbourne Au.

[@welkerroad]

I love to see these types of videos. Thank you Rick for putting it together.

[@genuinefreewilly5706]

Very helpful. Those small tweaks collectively make a huge difference. For sure please do more

[@gressex7]

100% love this type of video. You be watched all the old recording ones but awesome to see this too. Can’t wait for more instruments/techniques!!

[@lucasbrandao2901]

We were missing this mix vídeos rick!

[@brunopradomusic]

Yes. I want to see more content like this. Rick talks very little about the technical side of his producer career. Would be nice to see Rick mixing stuff as well. Thanks for everything you do for the music Rick

[@KhemBMD]

i really love how the room mics are what brought the kit to life. that was quite amazing to experience. the kit sounded good before but once the room mics were involved we were THERE

[@michaelshreve6455]

The rooms sound amazing with or without compression Thanks! I enjoyed that

[@gropifiasco]

Thank you for showing us the sound of 25 years ago.

[@lostandfound5133]

Please tell us future man. What do you suggest?

[@gropifiasco]

@@lostandfound5133 to listen to your desires or to listen to today's music.

[@anttisilventoinen6133]

Rick's eyes in the beginning! "You better not fudge up!" This was awesome! more stuff like this! I'm still trying to figure out my recording studio, and I need all the help I can get!

[@anttisilventoinen6133]

HOME recording studio, i should say.

[@alexbooyse9053]

This is a great video. Explaining reasons for choices

[@markblagdon]

Loved this style video - really great to see and hear effect and thought behind why its being applied.

[@dantesebastian10]

Thank you for this video. In the details is the difference. Perfect video with no need of senseless bla. Top!

[@digableskillz]

Thank you so very much for this video! I’m a longtime musician just now getting into my own home studio recording environment with a thirst to learn as much is I can from seasoned professionals such as you guys. I’ve been subscribed to both channels for over a year or so and I’m very appreciative of your content. Thank you again 🙏🏾

[@atulah7]

Excellent video. I have been flying(mixing) blind and learning(from my mistakes) as I go. There is so much good info here. Thank you!

[@howsbrad]

Yes! More content like this! For example, What is the best all around mic pre for a home studio and how to use it.

[@atomspliter3493]

This takes me back I was in a audio engineering school back in the nineties and these are for the most part the mic choices we used back in the day. Back then we had three studios which had a neve, SSL and a api consoles to choose from and we had old studer 2 inch 24 track machines to record to and mastered with dats. Cool video, takes me back.

[@soulsweet40]

I love this...this is right up my alley..more content like this please, along with everything else you do

[@thejonathandoan]

YES!! I was just thinking after watching the Greg Bissonette vid that the drums sounded absolutely EPIC!! Seriously amazing sound, and Greg is one of the coolest drummers of all time. I’d love to meet him someday, and Rick as well!! Thanks for sharing your setup with us, Rick!

[@fredrikio]

Much appreciated! Thank you so much for going into these kinda details and asking the questions re what/why.

[@jimhuddleston6227]

Fantastic, such a treat to watch and listen to high level professionalism and actually understand the value of this content !! Please continue producing this type of material. Thank you in advance.

[@paulmoncton]

Very informative. It's great to have an explanation from mic placement to playback, and everything in between, in chronologic order. It makes others tutorials look amateur.

[@bobbyd88]

I would be very interested in seeing more of this kind of content. I'm just starting to record at home and this was very informative. Thank you.

[@michaelv.3655]

Great video Rick ! Thankfully you stopped your friend taking all the usual shortcuts while explaining and forced him to really explain the details. This was so helpful and I'd love to see more videos like this.

[@TomCawoski]

Great video Rick!!! I'm one of those who would love to see more content like this. You did a couple drum recording/mixing videos a while back but left out the EQ points that you were using for the toms. From this one, looks like you are using the same mic preamps and I'm so glad you didn't skip over the EQ points!!! I'm a drummer, engineer, producer, and mixer and these kinds of videos have been a great source of good information for me. I've been getting good drum sounds for the must part but for some reason I have been snuggling getting a great tom sound. I suspect a bit of my issue is related to the size of my room being too small. Anyway, I so appreciate your channels and encourage you to continue to make all the content you are doing. There's a lot of good content here and I appreciate what you do!!! Bless you Rick!!! 😎🎶

[@zeevshaff]

More content!! I can watch this forever… just started adding room mics to my recordings and wow it makes the whole song.. keep it up rick love this type of video

[@leevalasek9251]

Yes! Would like to see more content like this.

[@TimV93]

Great video! I'd like to see some more content on outboard gear and mic'ing techniques for bass guitar and down-tuned guitars in hard rock music!

[@JeremyJoyce]

This is great guys, highly appreciated!

[@genecarroll879]

You're killn' me. I Love it! These are great. I'm sharing this with my band mates so they can understand what I'm doing and "what's taking so long" (ha ha) I'm a bass player and have been an engineer since '86. Started off all tape. Was one of the first Studer Dyaxis users and then we switched to PT 1 which was a two step process. 1) Sound Designer and 2) Editor Just love your stuff.

[@sevchyk]

Excellent video. Every aspect of sound was elucidated. I have nothing to blame, the understanding of the public needs is at the high level. I've added it to my list.

[@eaglepass5170]

Most excellent!!! Yes more recording videos please!!!

[@mattcarrier5752]

This brings me back to the days at Tree Sound when we were just interns grabbing food and changing reels on the Studers. Congrats on the success Ken!

[@joannabay8039]

I would love to see more of this kind videos. Very helpful. Thank you and more pls.

[@m2thef2thec]

Top video, Rick. A great example of "less is more". I need to strip back some of my mixes and get back to basics!

[@MrG1275]

Yes I would love to see more of this type of videos.

[@bazzzzz6175]

Fantastic. Loved this! Nice to see the same plug ins I use every day and knowing I'm using them correctly. Two years ago I didn't have a clue about this stuff.

[@jeramym9506]

Love this video. So helpful for folks like me. Would love to see a video on microphone choice.

[@marcusbusborg1432]

More of this type of content please🙏🏻 Rick Rocks🤘🏻

[@andreifilip]

Simple things and good gear are always gonna get you great results, and this video is one of the few videos out here ( on youtube ) that shows this. Great video Rick, thanks a lot. I would sure like to see more of these Cheers

[@mags102755]

So much learning going on. Love it

[@samchoate1719]

Love the simplicity of the mixing stage: shows how good of a sound you got on the way in. That’s the way!

[@joaorebelo6107]

Great content, thank you for the insight and all those useful tips.

[@marammahanta1218]

Great lesson. We need more videos on Drum Eq!

[@johnlaspina7065]

This was really helpful. Would love to see more videos on this sort of thing.

[@shoreline4]

Very informative. We just finished mixing our debut album....or so we thought! Absolutely! Do more of these videos!

[@fatbackfunk]

Fantastic! Like others have expressed, more of these mixing/tracking videos would be hugely appreciated! Love em'...!!!!

[@Damo_Drummer]

As a long time drummer, I love this sort of content, Rick. More please! :)

[@andrewdavidweber1st]

It is so great to see you and Ken still working together :)

Great video! Would love more like this. Always superb presentation.

[@violao206]

Greg Keplinger is a musician pal of mine here in Seattle. We had sat in together at jam sessions here in Seattle. These recording technique videos are gold! Please keep them coming. =D

[@chadfayrobinson7537]

Wow that sounds great !!!!

[@outermarker5801]

Loved it, more please! If this kind of treatment is common practice it actually helps me understand why drums which sound awesome at lower volume are often the first thing that hurts my ears at higher volumes - collective added brightness/attack. Mind you that's just me - weirdly sensitive to everything from 2-5k, always was. I go running from loud rooms others seem perfectly comfortable around.

[@sr60030]

you're not alone haha but I have a very narrow spot at 11k then nothing above or below

[@joshalbert3636]

This is great! as drummer myself getting into mixing THIS is the content! Thank Rick!

[@aleksamrkela831]

I love seeing the engineering side of Rick. Please make more of these videos!

[@duxgarnifex3678]

This is awesome. Need know how with Distressors on rooms and side chains for big 80s Toms.

[@ysteinberg5084]

More like this please! Been struggling with getting the right sounds out of my drum kit, picked up a few things I'll try. Thanks!

[@lgl_137noname6]

Yes Please. more content like this would quite educational . thank you.

[@astrofreq]

Please make more videos of this type. I’ve recently starting taking mixing:mastering courses online and this is so incredibly helpful. 😊

[@coastrider9673]

As a lifelong drummer and recordist, I have tried many different mic techniques. What I have found to be the best is a well tuned kit in a nice sounding room, recorded with only two mics, and no processing. The two mics are a figure eight ribbon and a cardioid condenser, in a coincident semi Blumlein M-S arrangement, placed just above the drummer's head; with the ribbon track then copied, phase flipped, and panned to create stereo.

[@christiankraemer_1]

Wow awesome video and great explanation. Pls more of this

[@lewybody]

Thanks for this very concise, clear and distinctly helpful summary of your drum method for Greg B's playing. Super useful for me in a small home studio, but using a full acoustic kit. Especially with your context of why you use particular bands for EQ on individual elements, compression rationale, etc. If you could do more like this, it'd be awesome! Thanks for all your content over the many years, Mr. Beato. You're making a profound difference to many.

[@oleran4569]

Oh my yes! Please do more of this!

[@mickeymiguel2726]

Brilliant video

[@Jay-Go]

Yes! Yes! More of this. More videos showing what pros like yourselves do to get drum mixes.

[@drummingtrash101]

This is the content that I love!! Thanks so much!

[@J0intV3nture]

This is exactly the video I've been waiting to see. Especially the EQ settings help a lot getting a baseline for my DAW

[@dannyknox4314]

Yes! More mixing videos. Compression for the win!!!

[@robertfoshizzle]

Yes, please -- more recording videos! Love this type of content.

[@bobbyswamp]

Love this! Thank you for posting, would love to see more!

[@eDrumsInANutshell]

Ahh, that is like ASMR for me. I am a hobby metal/prog drummer and physicist and came to mixing through edrums and VST drumming. And I love these EQ curves, all that technical stuff connected to emotions in music. This is the second time I noticed a KUSH audio plugin used by a pro studio. I recently have seen a video on the channel of the creator of that plugins (The House of KUSH, Gregory Scott) about compression. And that was nice! Thanks for sharing this! Great!

[@HomeStudioRescue]

LOVE IT! I remember hearing Shinedown and wanting to know what recorded that.

[@MyToasterIsMoist]

YESSSSSSSS I'm so happy y'all made this! Absolutely *loved* the drum sound on the video with Gregg, so getting to peek behind the mixing curtains is awesome. Would LOVE to see more mixing vids!

[@veesoho93]

I REALLY REALLY REALLY REALL LOOOVE these videos thank you! I d love to see a comparison of the same kit same recording with cheaper mics

[@leandromaturano3215]

More of this please !!! 🙏🏻🙏🏻🙏🏻 Maestro 🙌🏻🔥

[@Willsonix]

Great to see some micing and recording techniques. Would like to see more please, plus editing, production, mixing and mastering if you want to show the whole process.

[@eweesplace]

Giving the people what they want! Excellent, Rick. Thanks ❤

[@hinesification]

Yes, please make more of these

[@davewielhouwer11]

I love this. I hope you do more. Thanks for entertaining me

[@jonorose2333]

Fantastic! More of this would incredible - thankyou

[@steveagelakos]

Very cool! Nice to see you using all that great gear again. Thank you for sharing.

[@tomaswmitchellphotography]

Love this video! I would love to see many more recording and mixing videos!